Interviewing the founder of Friends Beyond Borders: Kevin LaMastra

Kevin LaMastra took me on a trip to Dominican Republic regarding social justice last summer (I wrote about this in an earlier blog). Much of the trip was about the Fair Tradelife style in factories, and daily life.Kevin LaMastra is a school teacher and is well educated in Fair Trade.

All About Us: Ginger & Caroline, Jersey Shore Fair Trade

It has come to our attention that many of our classmates don't know the importance of fair trade, if they know what it is at all.
Fair trade is a social movement focused on worker rights, making sure workers have safe working conditions, fair wages, and avoids child labor.
For example, our classmates hear about people living off of 1 dollar a day, but still wear Nike shoes and Banana Republic attire. For us, this is disturbing in many ways. For they feel bad for these people, but their shopping decisions suggests the opposite.
We are creating this blog to teach people of all ages, including teenagers, about the importance of Fair Trade, and where to shop at places that provide goods that are Fair Trade items.
One of our goals is to try to get people to use their spending to provide social justice.
Not to say we've never shop at some of these non- fair trade stores (yes we both wear Holister and Nike) but if the consumers (aka the shoppers) consider alternatives and make small steps like eating fair trade foods and writing letters to the non- fair trade stores, a big impact could be made.